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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
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09/10/14 10:16 PM
09/10/14 10:16 PM
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Lil Herman
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Lil Herman
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The only thing I wonder is why he didn't do a half hearted run in road trim. I am guessing the truck would still run sub 20 without any troubles. turning in a 12s slip could win him the average if some more people end up turning a 20 in. I don't know much about these sorts of things though I am just enjoying the show from the youtube live stream
For some reason the truck went on the stands after they unhooked the trailer. They never put wheelie bars on the truck it just sputter off the line and went down the track.
The rest of the Gebhardt crew showed up just as late and scrambled to get to the staging lanes just to run one pass. It was just amazing to see them show up as most were starting to leave.
If you have never been to a Drag Week event it is well worth the price of admission! The level of effort the racers put out is amazing! The amount of stuff that is stuffed into a trunk and gutted when they race is almost comical. 
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: burdar]
#1668899
09/11/14 01:30 AM
09/11/14 01:30 AM
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Tulsa OK
Bad340fish
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Yeah ten bucks. The spectator count has really ramped up the last few years. Lots of people in the stands today.
We are in great bend right now and one of the locals told us half the town took off work for the race Thursday.
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: Bad340fish]
#1668900
09/11/14 01:45 AM
09/11/14 01:45 AM
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MR_P_BODY
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Yeah ten bucks. The spectator count has really ramped up the last few years. Lots of people in the stands today.
We are in great bend right now and one of the locals told us half the town took off work for the race Thursday.
That would really be funny... "town is closed, went
to watch DW guys... will be open tomorrow".... LOL
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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09/11/14 02:49 AM
09/11/14 02:49 AM
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MR_P_BODY
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I hear a Javelin blew the bottom end out of the engine on the trip today.. he's out... BUMMER... I'm gonna have to make sure I look at the spread sheet in the morning to see what all happened today... I hear its hot and that is taking a toll on the cars
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: Monte_Smith]
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09/11/14 11:30 AM
09/11/14 11:30 AM
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Left Coast
BobR
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Eddie is not down on power...........he has the timing pretty soft and it struck the tires today and his 60ft was 12 numbers off from the 8.80 pass.
It has two 90mm drive by wire GM throttle bodies on it with the Holley EFI.
It has only 3 track passes on it with a new system and running .80s.................not bad
Monte
I agree. He's doing what it takes to win his class. This is a marathon not a sprint.
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: modelmakerinc]
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09/12/14 12:58 AM
09/12/14 12:58 AM
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Monte_Smith
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and after all that, drive it 41/2 hours to great bend Kansas. holy sh... these guys are "DIE HARD"
folks hats off to all the guys that do this event.
That 4.5 hour trip is for a NORMAL car on NORMAL quickest route. These cars are slow on the road, have to stop for fuel OFTEN and have a less than direct route. That 4.5 for you and me, usually ends up closer to 7 or 8 for these guys.
I left Great Bend at 4:30ish and got to my hotel at 9:00. A friend in a 9 sec car with an overdrive left more than two hours ahead of me and we arrived together. He can run 70 or so. Some of the Unlimited cars have to run around 60 or less at times............so its a LONG drive for them.
Monte
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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09/12/14 05:09 AM
09/12/14 05:09 AM
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Arizona
Chris'sBarracuda
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Hey Monte.. Spill it on the new Holley dash that Kevin Studaker has in his wagon.. When will these be available and are they like a racepak.??  Chris..
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Re: For The Guys That Follow Drag Week
[Re: Chris'sBarracuda]
#1668913
09/12/14 12:48 PM
09/12/14 12:48 PM
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Canada
CTD5.9
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Hey Monte..
Spill it on the new Holley dash that Kevin Studaker has in his wagon..
When will these be available and are they like a racepak.??
That Dash did look awesome, a little slow on the refreshing but that could of been video recording a screen. I think I remember them saying it could be plugged into most the Holley EFI systems. A few different shaped screens from holley would be nice, to fit in dashes.
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